There was a song in either 1979 or 1980 that began with bells playing the
melody to, "you are my sunshine, my only sunshine,...". Do you remember the
name of this song?

1 Jul 2012

Tough question I think

I remember a song, actually more the melody which was a popular song in South Africa somewhere between 1978 and 1982. +I guess it was on the Springbok Radio
charts. The artist or lead singer was male and it included lyrics that went
something like this:" +the girl is a young "egyptian" (of this word I am not
sure at ALL) and the next phrase was something like :" a frightful and young
"egyptian" (again not sure)or :"a frightfully young "egyptian"". +If I have to
narrow down the years it was a hit in RSA I would say probably between late
1981 and late 1982.

Please give it some thought.

It is a quite an upbeat
song,at least the chorus of which the above phrases form part of, is.

5 Feb 2012

The Cars- let's Go

This chart features some really great songs, but I can't beleive "Let's Go" The Cars was left out. It was clearly one of the best songs of 1979. Even the
charts were it failed to reach top 10, decided to include it in the top 100
songs of 1979.

The position of each song is set by its chart entries. The 100th song
was a number one in Switzerland and Italy while in contrast "Let's Go" was
not in the top 10 in the US or the top 50 in the UK. The rules of the site
don't let us "decide" to change the order that the numbers deliver. On this
site the order is set by the chart entries and the rules, no one, not even
the administrators, get to fiddle with the results.

The song is, of course, listed, on the page dedicated to The Cars.

19 Jul 2011

Heartbreak hotel alt.

I remember a song from the early 80's (I think).. can't remember the name or the band (1 hit wonder probably)but do remember some lyrics..the chorus goes
something like this:

"Why don't we put in at heartbreak hotel, I long for service at
the ring of a bell, we could sleep in late, (sleep in late), your
mommy and daddy can wait. (daddy can wait)"

other lyrics are.."Hey mama it's a long long way, to the borderline
home where the butterflies play all day"

I know it sounds a bit naff but was a catchy tune, can't find it in any search
i've done...any ideas

Regards, Nev

You were correct in thinking it was a one hit wonder and you got the
lyrics quite close, but we think the line is "Why don't we put in at
the halfway hotel"

The song is "Halfway Hotel" by Voyager and was in the following charts: